by admin | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (February 17, 2012) — The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is calling on Sue Baur, the Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney, to cease her personal vendetta against union members and their supporters, who continue to face criminal charges...
by admin | Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (January 20, 2012) — The Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney dismissed trespassing and train obstruction charges against Longview longshore worker Darin Norton yesterday. Norton, a member of ILWU Local 21, had been charged with those two offenses as...
by admin | Nov 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 22, 2011) In response to recent third-party announcements that community activists will attempt to shut down various West Coast marine terminals on December 12, 2011, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) sent a memo to its...
by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
LONGVIEW, WA (October 21, 2011) — The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 21 today asked Port of Longview commissioners to drop all trespassing charges related to a union demonstration on the afternoon of September 7 on rural Port...
by admin | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
TACOMA, WA — The U.S. District Court in Tacoma today made a specific finding that EGT’s lease at the port of Longview incorporates the ILWU Local 21 working agreement, explaining on Page 9 of today’s decision: “Here, the parties were acutely...
by admin | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
A new agreement covering 420 pharmaceutical workers at the Bayer HealthCare plant in Berkeley, California has been reached following two months of difficult negotiations. The proposal includes better job security measures, controls on health care insurance costs,...
